All Shook Up has been a locally talked-about musical since last fall, with Detroit Lakes native Rico Heisler starring in the production on the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre stage.

Everson said that he had looked at doing the musical a year before Heisler went on stage, and that he did go see Heisler perform and get his take on doing it as a school musical.

The comedy -- which includes some encouraged over-the-top acting -- revolves around some gender confusion. Everson describes it as a girl falls in love with a guy. To get closer to him, she dresses like a guy and becomes his buddy. The guy begins to fall for his buddy, "which disturbs him because he's macho."